UFN 23/Fight For The Troops - Jan 22

cowboyronnie · Post #1 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sun Nov 7, 2010 11:48 pm

UFC: Fight For The Troops 2, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 23, is expected to take place on January 22, 2011 at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. The event will be the third that the UFC has hosted in cooperation with a US military base.

* Kenny Florian vs. Evan Dunham
* Yves Edwards vs. Melvin Guillard
* Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
* Mike Swick vs. David Mitchell
* Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague
* DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Guymon
* Waylon Lowe vs. Willamy Freire
* Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
* Chan Sung Jung vs. Rani Yahya

I think Edwards is in for another rude dismissal from the org. Why feed the guy to a younger version of himself?

Florian vs Dunham is awesome. I'd accept that for a PPV main event. Already, co-main. The rest of the card is sorta weak. Those heavyweight fights feature the sloppiest, least technical guys in the UFC. Barry being the exception. But they sure do swing hard. Hoo-ra.

Nemesis21 · Post #2 » by **Nemesis21** » Sun Nov 7, 2010 11:57 pm

Not bad.

Are you bored ? Starting these threads months in advance .

Cammo101 · Post #3 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Nov 8, 2010 12:13 am

Solid main event, the rest of this card is shaky.

Post #4 » by **CPT** » Mon Nov 8, 2010 12:23 am

Zombie vs. Yahya could be good.

Kinda excited to see Yves Edwards back. I've always liked him for some reason.

Nemesis21 · Post #5 » by **Nemesis21** » Mon Nov 8, 2010 12:51 am

CPT wrote:Zombie vs. Yahya could be good.

Kinda excited to see Yves Edwards back. I've always liked him for some reason.

No doubt, also think Johnson vs Guymon could be good . Pat Barry will have a highlight reel type KO over Beltran . Meathead vs Hague will be good too . I think it's a good card , really looking forward to Florian vs Dunham .

cowboyronnie · Post #6 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 3:24 am

Florian out, Guillard moved from Edwards to the main bout against Dunham.

Card as it stands:
Preliminary Bouts:

Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
Willamy Freire vs. Waylon Lowe
Chan Sung Jung vs. Rani Yahya
Mike Guymon vs. DaMarques Johnson
David Mitchell vs. Mike Swick
Yves Edwards vs. TBA

Main Bouts:

Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
Tim Hague vs. Matt Mitrione

Nemesis21 · Post #7 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 4:55 am

Sucks Florian is out .

Post #8 » by **CPT** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 10:17 am

Huge blow to this card. Florian vs. Dunham is a PPV co-main event level fight that would have been on free TV.

Still some decent fights on the show, but man...when the biggest star on the show is Evan Dunham, that's kinda rough. Maybe I'm underestimating his popularity, but I feel like most people still don't really know who he is.

I think they should have tried to throw together a rematch with Sherk.

Cammo101 · Post #9 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 2:48 pm

Florian going out crushes this card. That was the only truely PPV quality fight on the card.

cowboyronnie · Post #10 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 4:08 pm

Pat Barry got a massive amount of camera time in the lead-up to the CC fight. And Guillard is a TUFer. I'd say they're both more well known than Dunham.

For a freebie show on Spike, I don't think the loss of Florian is that crushing. People tune into those because it's live UFC on a Wednesday night. If they have a sense that there will be exciting fights, they're there. I think it's less abnout name recognition when you're not being asked to drop $55..

Post #11 » by **singh_shady** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 5:13 pm

Mitrione is probably the most well known guy on the card now, since TUF 10 is still fresh in everyone's minds and he beat Kimbo on PPV (I'm speaking in terms of the casual fan).

Posey H8er · Post #12 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Dec 7, 2010 7:13 pm

I'm pretty bummed that Florian won't be on this card, but it's still a very solid Fight Night card. Much better than the Bonnar one we just had...

Cammo101 · Post #13 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 1:46 am

Cody "Guillotine" McKenzie is in to face Yves Edwards. He takes the spot Guillard left to replace Florian.

Yves may in fact kill this guy.

Post #14 » by **CPT** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 2:19 am

Cammo101 wrote:Cody "Guillotine" McKenzie is in to face Yves Edwards. He takes the spot Guillard left to replace Florian.

Yves may in fact kill this guy.

Awful/awesome.

Nemesis21 · Post #15 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 2:20 am

Cammo101 wrote:Cody "Guillotine" McKenzie is in to face Yves Edwards. He takes the spot Guillard left to replace Florian.

Yves may in fact kill this guy.

Holy Hell , not looking good for McKenzie . First rd stoppage by Edwards .

SDM · Post #16 » by **SDM** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 3:52 am

Cody will beat Edwards and shock the world. [/2005]

Nemesis21 · Post #17 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Jan 6, 2011 6:21 am

This card is in 2 weeks.

I'll take,

Dunham (I'm a big Guillard fan, just see Evan winning this one)
Meat head
Hominick
Barry
C Miller

Edwards
D Johnson
Yahya
Lowe
Campuzano
A Alves

Post #18 » by **CPT** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:04 pm

Mike Brown is replacing Zombie in his fight against Rani Yahya.

Nemesis21 · Post #19 » by **Nemesis21** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:21 pm

Really ? Still picking Yahya

Nemesis21 · Post #20 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:23 pm

This card is in two days ! Demarques Johnson/Mike Guymon and Yves Edwards/Cody Mckenzie will be shown on Facebook. :dontknow:

I don't have facebook or twitter.